Clothes drier



C. A. FISHER CLOTHES DRIER Filed June 6, 19?'7 /5 ,/3

June l9, 1928.

2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented June 19, 1928.

-UNITED STA rssyP'A'rizivr orifice.

CLARENCE A. FISHER, E HOUSTON, 'rEXAsf` CLOTHES Dama.' j y Application led .Tune 6,

* This invention relatesgto new `improvements'in a clothes drier. i One object ofthe invention is'toprovide an apparatus of the character described by means of which garments such as dresses and useful and skirts may be quickly'dried after hav-` ing been freshly cleansed'andconsequently is very useful to clothes cleaners. While the apparatus has beenparticularly designed for drying dresses and dress skirts it is also applicable forusein drying blouses, shirts, and'other garments. i

f Another obje/ct ofthe inventionresides in the provision of` an apparatus of thecharacter described having a novel typeof fan guard with a lmotorsuspended therein and operatively connected with a yfan for generating an air current upwardly through the garment to be dried.,

A further feature of the inventionresides in the provision ofgadjustable means for holding the lower edgeof the garment in position above the fan kso that the air current `generated by the fan will pass upwardly into the garment and out through the fabric thereof to facilitate the drying of a freshly cleaned garment. v

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation to cer figures, the numerals 1 and 2 designate up` per and lower rings preferably circular in form which are anchored togetherby the vertical bars 3 spaced apart therearound and` arrangedv in pairs. A supporting frame-v work is thusk formed which supports the reticulated cylinderl forming a guard, preferably formed of wire mesh and which is secured between the outer and inner bars of each pair of bars 3.

The fan guard has a reticulated cover 5 preferably formed of wire mesh whose lmargin is secured to the ringe` which may be 15927.l serial f No. 196.923.

fitted overathev upper/ring-l of the framework. I There -is a cross 4bar :7 f in the .fan guardwhose ends are anchored to the op-` posing inside bars 3 and lconnected to and de-l pending from this cross barv7 there ris a suitable electric `motor SJhaving the `vertical shaft 9 whichextcnds above the motor and to which the :fan 10 is secu-red, formediof the `usual inclined vanes, the'inclination ofl the vanes being such that an upwardly directed air current is generated by the fan.y Fixed tothe framework of the guard there isan Vupstanding supporting rod 11 adjustable on which'is a transverselyA disposed 'arm` l2 whose free end A1s adapted to receive a sultable garment` hanger tov vhold the' garment suspended over the fan guard. The' electric motor S-fiscontrolled' through a suitable switch 13 carried'bythe rod` 11. The guard cover 5 has the cross bars 13 formedwith the dovetailed mortises 14 and at each end of each cross'bar 13 there is an upstanding anchor 15`whose lowerends haye tenons 16 which work in said mortises. Each tenon has an upstanding outwardly threaded .stud 17 xed thereto on which the clamp nuts 18 are threaded. Secured to the'upper end of each anchor 15 there is the spring clamp 19 adapted to. grip and hold the lower margin lof. the garment to be dried. v

In application the garment to be dried is suspended from the free endof the arm 12 -by the conventional garment hanger. The lower margin of the garment is inserted into the'clamps 19 and the fan 10 is rotated so as to blow the air upwardlythrough the garment at high speed and the air will be forced outwardly through the fabric of the garment. The spring clamps 19 are radially v adjustable, as the garments to be dried arel of various widthsrand said clamps may be adjusted so as to accommodatethe particular garment` being dried.

While I have shown and described one form of the invention which I now consider to be the preferred form it is apparent the mechanical changes may be made inthe structure and equivalents substituted for the parts shown and I hereby reserve the 4right to make such changes as may be found practical or desirable so long as I do not depart from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim. is;

1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a reticulated guard, a reticulated cover for said guard. a cross bar in the guard, a motor connected to and depending from said cross bar and having an upwardly extended shaft, a fan on saidshaft, a supporting rod attached to the guard and extending above said guard, a cross arm carried by said rod and extending over said cover and adapted to support a garment hanger and radially adjustable means on said cover for gripping the lower margin of the garment suspended from said hanger.

2. In an apparatus of the character described the combination of a framework and a reticulated guard supported thereby, a transverse cross bar in said guard, a motor connected to and depending from said cross bar and having an upwardly extended shaft, an upward delivering fan fixed to said shaft, an vupstanding supporting rod. as-

sociated with said guard, a cross arm car` ried by said rod and extending over said guard and adapted to support a garment hanger. cross bars at the upper end of the framework, radially adjustable gripping y means carried by said cross bars and formed with clamps adapted to grip and hold the lower margin of a garment suspended from said hanger.l l

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a framework a cross arm carried by the rod and extend? ing over said cover and adapted to support a garment hanger, cross barsabove said cover and spring clamps on said cross bars for engaging and holding the lower margin of the garment suspended from said hanger, 'said clamps being radially adjustable.

4. An apparatus of the character de` scribed the combination of a reticulated guard and areticulated cover for said guard, an upwardly delivering fan in said guard, a 'supporting rod associated with the guard and extending above it, a cross arm carried by said rod and extending over said cover and adapted to support a garment hanger and a plurality of radiallyT adjustable grippingmcaus carried by saidcover for grippingv and holding the lower 'margin fof the garment suspended from `said hanger.

In testimonywhereof I have signed my naine to this specification. i

CLARENCE A. FISHER. 

